Thank God its Ramadan: Muslims save lives at London tower fire

Young Muslims awake for Suhur, the early morning meal to begin the Ramadan fast have been credited to have saved many lives at the London’s Grenfell Tower fire on Wednesday 14 June.

Residents commented that more people would have died if not for the actions of a number of Muslim boys who knocked on doors, alerting residents to get out.

The building had no central fire alarms and no early fire warning system in place.

Muslims returning from mosques after Fajr prayers very early in the morning also helped the residents to get out of the tower building engulfed in fire.

One resident pointing to media hype against young Muslims in UK commented, “People want to talk about them when they do wrong, and all this sort of thing, when they’re doing bad – but when they’re doing good …”

“They were the first people with bags of water, giving to people and helping people – running and telling people,” commented another resident.